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Yoast SEO Premium changelog

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9.7.0

Enhancements​

  • Implements analysis markers for related keyphrases.

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where quotes in the related keyphrases and synonyms could stop those fields from appearing.

Other​

9.6.1

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where translations would be rendered incorrectly.

9.6.0

Enhancements​

  • Adds an "Ok" button to dismiss redirect notifications in the quick edit menu.
  • Improves the Redirects table accessibility by removing a duplicate button.

Other​

9.5.0

Enhancements​

  • Adds a validator to the redirect manager to check if the redirect origin is relative.
  • Adds internal linking suggestions and insights for Swedish.
  • Improves the error logging for certain types of errors in the prominent words analysis and internal linking suggestions.

Other​

9.4.2

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where Premium features in the metabox might not work for custom post types.

9.4.1

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where additional keyphrases and synonyms would not be saved for taxonomies.

9.4.0

Content analysis recalibration (beta):

  • When the recalibration beta is enabled a "Stale cornerstone content"-filter is added to relevant content types.

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where admin-assets would be loaded on pages where they are not relevant.
  • Fixes a bug where changing the slug of an inaccessible post type creates a redirect for that object.

Enhancements​

  • Improves the feedback given when importing redirects.

Other​

9.3.0

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where redirects that contained URI encodable characters couldn't be removed individually.

Other​

9.2.1

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where editing a content type item (page/post) would result in a blank page (Fatal error) when the metabox is disabled for that type.

9.2.0

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where the internal linking box is shown for post types that has the Yoast Metabox disabled.
  • Fixes internal linking button size in the document settings sidebar in Gutenberg.
  • Fixes a bug where no redirect notification was shown in Gutenberg when the permalink was updated.
  • Fixes a bug where the social previews won't reflect the entered post/page title realtime.

Other​

  • Adds additional context to the wpseo_premium_post_redirect_slug_change filter call.

9.1.0

Enhancements​

  • Improves an SQL query to perform better on sites with a lot of orphaned content.

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where the activation warning would be incorrectly displayed on a sub-site within a multisite environment.
  • Fixes a bug where a PHP warning would be displayed when php_uname has been disabled for security reasons.
  • Fixes a bug where a PHP notice would be displayed when visiting a non-existing post.

Other​

9.0.2

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where the Gutenberg (v4.1) editor was partially hidden behind the metabox.

Other​

8.4.0

Enhancements​

  • Adds multiple keyword support for taxonomies.
  • Adds synonyms to taxonomies.
  • Adds the keyword distribution assessment for taxonomies.

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where automatic redirects would be created for non-public post types.

Other​

  • Adds the wpseo_premium_include_automatic_redirection_post_types filter to allow users to include more post types to create automatic redirects for.
  • Includes every change in Yoast SEO 8.4.0.

8.3.0

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where the automatic redirect notification was not shown when a post was trashed from within Gutenberg.
  • Fixes a bug where the target of redirects from a subdirectory site to a path on the main domain were incorrectly disallowed.

Other​

8.0

Enhancements​

  • Revamps the design for multiple focus keywords to fit in the new metabox and Gutenberg sidebar.
  • Improves the UX of multiple focus keywords. Adding and removing keywords became easier.

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where the keyword analysis was not updated after changing or adding synonyms.
  • Fixes a bug where the analysis icon for additional keywords would be red for an empty keyword.

Other​

  • Adds the Internal Linking section to the Gutenberg sidebar.
  • Adds the Insights section to the Gutenberg sidebar.
  • Improved plugin performance by lazy loading the WPSEO_Redirects_Option instead of instantiating that on every request. Props to stayallive
  • Includes every change in Yoast SEO 8.0.

7.9.1

Other​

  • Removes the Internal Linking meta box from the Gutenberg sidebar.
  • Includes every change in Yoast SEO 7.9.1.

7.9.0

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where the prominent words for attachments can't be indexed when the attachment has an other post status than trash, inherit or private.

Other​

7.8.1

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where the snippet editor changes were not saved when the SEO Analysis feature is turned off.

7.8.0

Enhancements​

  • Shows a notification regarding the creation of redirects when deleting a category or tag.
  • Introduces an action (wpseo_premium_redirects_modified) that will be executed when a redirect has been added, edited or deleted.
  • Adds the possibility to enter keyword synonyms.
  • Adds an assessment the checks the distribution of the focus keyword in the text.
  • Adds an assessment that checks the distribution of keywords and synonyms.

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where advertisements were being displayed next to video tutorials.
  • Fixes a bug where redirected URLs would show up in the sitemap.
  • Filters out prominent word combinations ending in 's in English. Props to swekkiekekkie.

Other​

7.7.0

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where non-public posts were given as a link suggestion.
  • Fixes a bug where a redirect would redirect to the currently requested URL.
  • Fixes a bug where the fallback for the Facebook title in the social preview was not showing the correct title.
  • Fixes a bug where Yoast product advertisements were shown in the Help Center video tab.
  • Fixes a bug where the analysis would only show results for the main keyword when multiple keywords are used.
  • Fixes a bug where the analysis results were being hidden while they were being calculated.

7.6.0

Enhancements​

  • Adds WP-CLI commands to manage redirects. Use wp yoast redirect to see the list of available commands.

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where the link to run the internal linking count for orphaned content did not work.
  • Fixes a bug where unpublished posts and password protected posts where taken into account in the orphaned content overview and notifications.
  • Includes every change in Yoast SEO 7.6.0.

7.5.3

  • Includes every change in Yoast SEO 7.5.3.

7.5.2

  • Fixes a bug where the determination of "Orphaned content" tries to account for noindex items, resulting in a lot of additional database querying.

7.5.0

Enhancements​

  • Adds Russian Insights and Linking Suggestions.

Bugfixes​

  • Fixes a bug where the subdirectory is added twice to the origin form field when pressing the create redirect link on the adminbar.
  • Fixes a bug where the subdirectory is stripped out of the redirect target when it's provided as a full url.
  • Fixes a bug where posts set to noindex would show in the orphaned content filter.

Other​

  • Sets the maximum amount of Linking Suggestions to 10.
  • Includes every change in Yoast SEO 7.5.

7.3.0

  • Fixes a bug where the pagination overlaps the orphaned content information message, on post overview pages in combination with low resolutions.
  • Includes every change in Yoast SEO 7.3.0.

7.2.0

  • Fixes an issue where no new redirect was created after a parent/child relationship of a page was changed.
  • Fixes an issue where reverting the parent/child relationship of two pages could result in a redirect loop.
  • Removes plugin suggestions from the dashboard.
  • Includes every change in Yoast SEO 7.2.0.

7.1.1

Bugfix​

  • Fixes a fatal error on the Import/Export pages where a method on an import status property is called which is not always available.

7.0.0

Enhancements​

  • Adds SEO titles and meta descriptions to the focus keyword export.

Bugfixes​

  • Removes unnecessary HTML from button.

Other​

  • Includes every change in Yoast SEO 7.0.0.
  • Removes the deprecated WPSEO_Premium:: add_admin_pages method.